Aleut barabara, or sod hut, Akutan, Bering Sea, ca. 1912
PH Coll 247.15 A barabara is a traditional Aleut home. Sod and grass are laid over a frame of whale ribs or wood covering an oblong pit. A barabara, pronounced buh-RAH-buh-ruh, blends into its surroundings quite well. The homes typically were 35 to 40 feet long and 20 to 30 feet wide. Aleuts entered...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:thwaites/14 2023-05-15T13:14:21+02:00 Aleut barabara, or sod hut, Akutan, Bering Sea, ca. 1912 Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division United States--Alaska--Akutan circa 1912 Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2003. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/14 unknown John E. Thwaites Photographs THW008 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number] THWAITES 247.15 39 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/14 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections John E. Thwaites Photograph Collection. PH Coll 247 Huts--Alaska--Akutan Sod houses--Alaska--Akutan Aleuts--Dwellings--Alaska--Akutan Vernacular architecture--Alaska--Akutan Architecture Domestic--Alaska--Akutan Photograph; image 1912 ftuwashingtonlib 2019-03-17T00:05:25Z PH Coll 247.15 A barabara is a traditional Aleut home. Sod and grass are laid over a frame of whale ribs or wood covering an oblong pit. A barabara, pronounced buh-RAH-buh-ruh, blends into its surroundings quite well. The homes typically were 35 to 40 feet long and 20 to 30 feet wide. Aleuts entered the home by descending a pole ladder extending through the roof. A large common area in the middle was surrounded by sleeping areas along the walls. Sometimes graves were also dug into the walls.A typical village on the Alaska Peninsula or the Aleutian Islands might have had 200 residents in five or 10 barabaras. Other/Unknown Material aleut Bering Sea Alaska Aleutian Islands University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Bering Sea |
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Huts--Alaska--Akutan Sod houses--Alaska--Akutan Aleuts--Dwellings--Alaska--Akutan Vernacular architecture--Alaska--Akutan Architecture Domestic--Alaska--Akutan Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 Aleut barabara, or sod hut, Akutan, Bering Sea, ca. 1912 |
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PH Coll 247.15 A barabara is a traditional Aleut home. Sod and grass are laid over a frame of whale ribs or wood covering an oblong pit. A barabara, pronounced buh-RAH-buh-ruh, blends into its surroundings quite well. The homes typically were 35 to 40 feet long and 20 to 30 feet wide. Aleuts entered the home by descending a pole ladder extending through the roof. A large common area in the middle was surrounded by sleeping areas along the walls. Sometimes graves were also dug into the walls.A typical village on the Alaska Peninsula or the Aleutian Islands might have had 200 residents in five or 10 barabaras. |
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Aleut barabara, or sod hut, Akutan, Bering Sea, ca. 1912 |
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Aleut barabara, or sod hut, Akutan, Bering Sea, ca. 1912 |
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aleut barabara, or sod hut, akutan, bering sea, ca. 1912 |
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